religion
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Monarchs and the perils of legitimacy….
“Lambert Simnel”, “Perkin”, “Princes”, “Tudor” rebellions, Battle of Bosworth, Black Prince, coronations, Edward III, Edward IV, Henry VII, illegitimacy, Jehan de Wavrin, John of Gaunt, Lady Eleanor Talbot, Margaret Duchess of Burgundy, relegitimisation, Richard II, Richard III, staircases, succession, Thomas of woodstock, Titulus Regius, Titulus Regius 1486, Toronto Sun, Tower of London“….In medieval and Tudor times, it was important for people to know that their king had actually died and that the succession was ‘safe’…. “….We all remember the story of the little princes in the Tower. The older of the two would have been King Edward V, had he lived. But no one ever really…
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While watching Episode 5, Series 1, of the Sky History series Curse of the Ancients, I saw a report that was devoted to the mid-14th century mass grave discovered at Thornton Abbey in Lincolnshire. Mid-14th century and mass grave usually equals one thing, the Black Death, and this is no exception. What does make it…
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THE GREAT PLAGUE AND PLAGUE PITS OF LONDON 1665
Aldgate, Angel, Bishopsgate, bubonic plague, Crossbones Cemetery, Eyam, Fulham, Green Park, Hackney, Hand Alley, insanitary conditions, Kensington, Liverpool Street Station, London, Lord Macaulay, Marylebone, Moorfields, Mount Mill, Oxford Street, plague pits, rats, Samuel Pepys, Shoreditch, Soho, Southwark, St. Giles’ Church, St. Paul’s, Stepney Fields, Walter George Bell, Wapping, Westminster, WhitechapelReblogged from A Medieval Potpourri @sparkypus.com ‘THE GREAT PLAGUE – SCENES FROM THE STREETS OF LONDON’. FROM CASSELL’S HISTORY OF ENGLAND VOL.III (1905) ‘May 29th 1666. Spent on the City Marshall at ye shutting up of a visited house . . Is.0d.’ Plague had always stalked England throughout the centuries with regular outbreaks such as the…
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From child marriages to a royal murder in Calais….
Anne Mowbray, Ashmolean Museum, child marriage, Eleanor de Bohun, Henry IV, Henry V, Humphrey de Bohun, Illustrations of Ancient State and Chivalry Preserved in the Ashmolean Museum, murder, Oxford, Philippa de Coucy, Richard II, Richard III, Richard of Shrewsbury, Robert de Vere Earl of Oxford, St. Stephen’s Westminster, Thomas of woodstock, William Henry BlackWhile seeking information that might help with the child marriage of Robert de Vere, 9th Earl of Oxford and Philippa de Coucy, granddaughter of King Edward III, I came upon this link which is from Illustrations of Ancient State and Chivalry, From Manuscripts Preserved In The Ashmolean Museum, edited by William Henry Black and…
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Some progress in Cairo, but not enough yet
“Princes”, “Tudor” propaganda, Anne St. Leger, Annette Carson, bigamy, Brittany, Buckingham rebellion, Constable of England, Council of the North, Daily Mail, de la Poles, Dominic Sandbrook, Edward II, Edward IV, Edward of Warwick, Elizabeth of York, Elvis Presley, executions, Henry of Buckingham, Henry VII, James Gairdner, Kathryn Warner, Lady Margaret Beaufort, Leicester, Margaret of Salisbury, mtDNA evidence, rescue plot, Robert Stillington, Royal Progress, same-sex marriage, Stoke Field, Thomas Lord Stanley, Thomas More, Three Estates, Titulus RegiusHere is the Mail article in question, by Dominic Sandbrook. He has now abandoned More as a source and the superficial coincidence of some bones being found within a quarter of a mile of More’s location – never mind that More’s priest is said to have buried the “Princes” below a thirteenth century staircase, let…
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We all know that an unidentified medieval stone sarcophagus containing a lead coffin was discovered close to Richard’s last resting place in Leicester. And, probably, that it proved to be that of an elderly woman. Now there is a video of what happened when it was opened. When they first examined the remains inside…
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Back in the mid-90’s, I went on a jaunt to Leicester, visiting the old town, the statue of Richard III (then sited close to the river) and Leicester Cathedral, where I stopped for a moment to pay my respects near the floor plaque commemorating Richard (who, little did I know it then, was really only…
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It’s been a long wait for American Ricardians. The Lost King was released in Great Britain about six months ago to generally excellent reviews. And during those six months I have read all the Facebook posts from happy Ricardians extolling the virtues of the movie while I sat on my couch fuming because it was…
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There has been a lot of publicity about the splendid The Lost King, but until happening upon this article I hadn’t read anything about the thoughts of the writer, Jeff Pope. What had his opinion of Richard III been before the advent of Philippa Langley and her almost miraculous discovery of Richard’s remains? One…
